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I am interested in compiling a custom kernel in Ubuntu 20.04 so I can use the fingerprint scanner in my hp envy x360. Also I want to learn how to learn the process. Where do I start? How difficult is it? Any pointers and/or advice would be greatly appreciated.

RainneDecember
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From memory:

  • Log in as root.

  • Download the kernel sources from kernel.org and uncompress them to /usr/src/.

  • Open a shell in the directory you just unpacked and run:

    make oldconfig && \
make xconfig && \
make && \
make modules && \
make install && \
make modules_install

  • Edit your grub configuration and reboot.

If you're not running X then change make xconfig to make menuconfig or make config.

If you want things to go a bit quicker, change make to make -j4 to run 4 tasks in parallel (change 4 to the number of cores your machine has). The same applies to the make modules command.

Alex Hajnal
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